Celtic pottery (Newlyn & Mousehole)

24cm tray,originally this would be sold with matching mugs,coffee pot ,milk jug etc

a 'Medallion' slab vase

Bill and Maggie Fisher began potting in the late 1950's at Wharf Cottage Mousehole, their pottery was simply named 'The Studio' but in the early 1960's this unimaginative name was changed and Celtic pottery was born.
Bill left Maggie and his tiny pottery in 1967 but Maggie continued with the venture employing Ian Box and his brother to make the clay bodies while she decorated.
In the 1970's she moved production to Newlyn . Here she met up with Ev Stevens who ran Newlyn's Gwavas Pottery and together they launched the Medallion range, later (around 1982) they employed several Troika potters including Leslie Illsley, Peter Ellery and Benny Sirota






folk range jug with fat bird decoration

tall jug, Mousehole pottery

lamp with long necked horse design

Crazy bird (I have known plenty of them!)

tiny crow pin dish with lovely earth tones

I love the loose flowing lines of this design

impressed stamp Celtic pottery Newlyn

the most common Newlyn sticker,used on later pieces

hand painted signature,Mousehole pottery

The first Newlyn sticker



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Maggie Fisher incised signature,Mousehole pottery

dantheman wrote:

hand painted signature,Mousehole pottery

Dan isn't moushole pottery separate from celtic pottery?

a partial and very battered Celtic pottery Mousehole sticker

Bill & Maggie Fisher set up a studio pottery simply named 'the studio' at Wharf cottage Mousehole,they then changed the name to Celtic pottery before their Marriage hit the rocks and they went their separate ways.
Maggie went to Newlyn where she set up Celtic pottery Newlyn

Celtic pottery Mousehole Cornwall,very unusual for Bill & Maggie to have used red earthenware clay

very early mousehole cup,attached is the only sticker I have seen with Margaret Fisher printed on it,later the name Maggie was used for a few years and then just Celtic pottery Newlyn

two Celtic cats,the blue one is earlier (and rarer) with the original open base



the cats were made in 2 sizes but I have yet to find the large variety which stands at 12-14 inches!!

fishing boat design on a trapezium shaped sweet dish

Designed and made by Margaret Fisher Mousehole Cornwall ( it says on the sticker)

Maggie Fisher monogram

small mousehole vase by Maggie Fisher

at first glance this look like just another dish with steam trawler decoration but it marks the changeover from white earthenware to stoneware clay which resulted in a more polished finish and a much more robust product

Phoenix design on Newlyn decanter